Last update: Mgr. Martin Komarc, Ph.D. (09.10.2019)
This course examines various conceptions of nature, and explores the human need for nature and outdoor
activities, with respect to various meanings it has for the human being. The course introduces basic definitions in
this area – e.g. nature, experience, danger, risk, challenge, adventure and harmony, and it also examines ethical
issues arising in connection with nature. Topics are presented from Western and Eastern perspectives. Students
are requested to be involved in discussions based on self-study, and are led to formulating their own arguments
and views.
Last update: Mgr. Dominika Krupková (15.01.2020)
This course examines various conceptions of nature, and explores the human need for nature and outdoor
activities, with respect to various meanings it has for the human being. The course introduces basic definitions in
this area – e.g. nature, experience, danger, risk, challenge, adventure and harmony, and it also examines ethical
issues arising in connection with nature. Topics are presented from Western and Eastern perspectives. Students
are requested to be involved in discussions based on self-study, and are led to formulating their own arguments
and views.
Aim of the course -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Irena Parry Martínková, Ph.D. (20.09.2020)
Knowledge of basic concepts of philosophy of nature, more complex view of discussed topics, development of argumentation skills, development of critical thinking.
Last update: doc. PhDr. Irena Parry Martínková, Ph.D. (20.09.2020)
Znalost základních pojmů z oblasti filosofie přírody, komplexnější náhled na diskutovaná témata, rozvoj argumentačních dovedností, rozvoj kritického myšlení.
Literature -
Last update: Mgr. Martin Komarc, Ph.D. (09.10.2019)
Compulsory texts:
KREIN, K. Nature and risk in adventure sports. In M. McNamee (Ed.), Philosophy, Risk and Adventure Sports. London: Routledge, 2007, pp. 80-93.
LAO-TZU. Tao te ching. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
LOLAND, S. Outline of an Ecosophy of Sport. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 1996, vol. 23, pp. 70-90.
MARTÍNKOVÁ, I. The Ideal of Kalokagathia Enriched by ‘Inverted Kalokagathia’. In P. Mauritsch & C. Ulf (Eds.). Kultur(en) Formen des Alltäglichen in der Antike. Teil 2. Graz: Leykam, 2013, pp. 649-658.
MARTÍNKOVÁ, I. and PARRY, S. Safe Danger - On the Experience of Challenge, Adventure and Risk in Education. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 2017, vol. 11, pp. 75-91.
NIETZSCHE, F. Human, All Too Human. Penguin Book, 2004.
PARRY, J. and ALLISON, P. Experiential Learning and Outdoor Education. London: Routledge, 2019. (selected chapters)
TELAMA, R. Nature as motivation for physical activity. In P. Oja and R. Telama (Eds.), Sport for All. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1991, pp. 607-615.
THOREAU, H. D. Walden, or, Life in the Woods. Castle, 2007.
VUOLLE, P. Nature and environments for physical activity. In P. Oja and R. Telama (Eds.), Sport for All. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1991, pp. 597-606.
Further materials (videos, web pages) - Moodle.
Recommended texts:
CAPRA, F. The Tao of Physics. Shambhala, 2010.
HOWE, L.A. Different Kinds of Perfect: The Pursuit of Excellence in Nature-Based Sports. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 2012, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 353-368.
HOWE, L.A. Remote Sport: Risk and Self-Knowledge in Wilder Spaces. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 2008, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 1-16.
HUMBERSTONE, B. PRINCE, H. and HENDERSON, K.A. Routledge International Handbook of Outdoor Studies. London: Routledge, 2015. (selected chapters)
JAMES, S.P. The Presence of Nature: A Study in Phenomenology and Environmental Philosophy. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Last update: Mgr. Dominika Krupková (15.01.2020)
Compulsory texts:
KREIN, K. Nature and risk in adventure sports. In M. McNamee (Ed.), Philosophy, Risk and Adventure Sports. London: Routledge, 2007, pp. 80-93.
LAO-TZU. Tao te ching. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
LOLAND, S. Outline of an Ecosophy of Sport. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 1996, vol. 23, pp. 70-90.
MARTÍNKOVÁ, I. The Ideal of Kalokagathia Enriched by ‘Inverted Kalokagathia’. In P. Mauritsch & C. Ulf (Eds.). Kultur(en) Formen des Alltäglichen in der Antike. Teil 2. Graz: Leykam, 2013, pp. 649-658.
MARTÍNKOVÁ, I. and PARRY, S. Safe Danger - On the Experience of Challenge, Adventure and Risk in Education. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 2017, vol. 11, pp. 75-91.
NIETZSCHE, F. Human, All Too Human. Penguin Book, 2004.
PARRY, J. and ALLISON, P. Experiential Learning and Outdoor Education. London: Routledge, 2019. (selected chapters)
TELAMA, R. Nature as motivation for physical activity. In P. Oja and R. Telama (Eds.), Sport for All. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1991, pp. 607-615.
THOREAU, H. D. Walden, or, Life in the Woods. Castle, 2007.
VUOLLE, P. Nature and environments for physical activity. In P. Oja and R. Telama (Eds.), Sport for All. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1991, pp. 597-606.
Further materials (videos, web pages) - Moodle.
Recommended texts:
CAPRA, F. The Tao of Physics. Shambhala, 2010.
HOWE, L.A. Different Kinds of Perfect: The Pursuit of Excellence in Nature-Based Sports. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 2012, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 353-368.
HOWE, L.A. Remote Sport: Risk and Self-Knowledge in Wilder Spaces. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 2008, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 1-16.
HUMBERSTONE, B. PRINCE, H. and HENDERSON, K.A. Routledge International Handbook of Outdoor Studies. London: Routledge, 2015. (selected chapters)
JAMES, S.P. The Presence of Nature: A Study in Phenomenology and Environmental Philosophy. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Requirements to the exam -
Last update: Mgr. Martin Komarc, Ph.D. (09.10.2019)
Regular presence and active participation in the lessons, individual class presentation of a selected problem. Submission of the presentation in written form, to include any oral feedback from the presentation in class.
Last update: Mgr. Dominika Krupková (15.01.2020)
Regular presence and active participation in the lessons, individual class presentation of a selected problem. Submission of the presentation in written form, to include any oral feedback from the presentation in class.
Syllabus -
Last update: Mgr. Martin Komarc, Ph.D. (09.10.2019)
Lectures:
1. Various concepts of nature - philosophical, scientific, pragmatic, esthetic.
2. Nature as physis, nature as logos (laws of nature), nature as constant change.
3. Characteristics of “experience”, influence of nature on our experiencing and being in the present, „flow experience“.
4. Taoism - understanding “tao“, basic principles of Taoism, methods of being natural.
5. Ethics and nature.
6. Role of danger in human existence, dangerous activities. Outdoor pursuits with respect to human finitude.
7. Summary.
Seminars:
1. Introduction and discussion of different concepts of nature.
2. Nature in us. Human, too human, and superhuman in relation to outdoor pursuits and their teaching (Nietzsche).
3. Harmony and harmonization of the human being.
4. Taoist concept of the leader, compared to different understandings of a leader.
5. Ethics and nature - conflicting values with respect to the relationship of the human being and nature.
6. Discussion of concepts: danger, risk, challenge, adventure.
7. H. D. Thoreau and his project in his work Walden, or, Life in the Woods.
Last update: Mgr. Dominika Krupková (15.01.2020)
Lectures:
1. Various concepts of nature - philosophical, scientific, pragmatic, esthetic.
2. Nature as physis, nature as logos (laws of nature), nature as constant change.
3. Characteristics of “experience”, influence of nature on our experiencing and being in the present, „flow experience“.
4. Taoism - understanding “tao“, basic principles of Taoism, methods of being natural.
5. Ethics and nature.
6. Role of danger in human existence, dangerous activities. Outdoor pursuits with respect to human finitude.
7. Summary.
Seminars:
1. Introduction and discussion of different concepts of nature.
2. Nature in us. Human, too human, and superhuman in relation to outdoor pursuits and their teaching (Nietzsche).
3. Harmony and harmonization of the human being.
4. Taoist concept of the leader, compared to different understandings of a leader.
5. Ethics and nature - conflicting values with respect to the relationship of the human being and nature.
6. Discussion of concepts: danger, risk, challenge, adventure.
7. H. D. Thoreau and his project in his work Walden, or, Life in the Woods.
Learning resources -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Irena Parry Martínková, Ph.D. (20.09.2020)
Materials for lectures will be stored at Moodle (under: Fakulta tělesné výchovy a sportu/Katedra základů kinantropologie a humanitních věd/Name of the Course).
In the case of distantce study lectures will be realized within MS Teams.
Last update: doc. PhDr. Irena Parry Martínková, Ph.D. (20.09.2020)
Materiály k přednáškám budou pro studenty uloženy na Moodle (pod: Fakulta tělesné výchovy a sportu /Katedra základů kinantropologie a humanitních věd/Název předmětu).
V případě distanční formy výuky budou přednášky realizovány v prostředí MS Teams.
